Example sentences of "[conj] it take me [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the guilt would not go away : I omitted the incident from the log and it took me two years to own up to it . |
| 2 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 3 | I remember when my husband was alive and we had a Sardinian couple with some unpronounceable name and it took me three months to teach her to make tea properly . |
| 4 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 5 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 6 | I found that if I imbibed the medicinal stimulant too quickly , the pace of creative work ( and the typing ) slowed down , and it took me some weeks of careful experimentation to find the most efficacious ration . |
| 7 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ If it takes me seven centuries , I shall do it . ’ |
| 9 | I remember THE FACE coming out very well — but it took me two years to make the cover . ’ |
| 10 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 11 | ‘ I first met Julie when I walked into her gallery but it took me three years to walk out with her as my wife , ’ he says . |
| 12 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |